The murder of Sonny Liston
Subtitle: Las Vegas, heroin, and heavyweights
By: Shaun Assael
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780399169755
Subjects: African American boxers; Heroin; Biography; Boxers (Sports); History
Description: "A daring investigation into the mysterious death of Heavyweight Champion Sonny Liston, set against the dawn of the 1970s, when the mob was fighting to keep control of the Las Vegas Strip, Richard Nixon was launching America's first war on heroin, and boxing was in its glory days"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : The Front Seat of Sonny's Pink Cadillac. Hello, '70s; title: Paradise; title: Lost Vegas; title: Shadow Boxing; title: Heroin Heights; title: The Bleeder; title: Part II : Love, American Style. Fabulous Las Vegas; title: Jonesing; title: "Better Wake Vic Damone"; title: Atlanta; title: Love, American Style; title: Stung; title: The Gutter; title: Part III : Confession. June 14, 1982; title: Suspect No. 1; title: The Wrong Grave.